Acanthaceae
Arizona wrightwort
Carlowrightia arizonica
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Carlowrightia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Arizona wrightwort
Synonyms
- Carlowrightia californica Brandegee
- Carlowrightia californica var. pallida I.M.Johnst.
- Carlowrightia cordifolia A.Gray
- Carlowrightia costaricana Leonard
- Carlowrightia coyucana Leonard
- Carlowrightia glabrata Fernald
- Carlowrightia mucronata Leonard
- Justicia alba Sessé & Moc.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Josesao, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adam Schneider, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.